#BFB8BD#BFB8BD

#BFB8BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.010 H 335.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8BD
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(317, 5%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(317, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, 3.38, -1.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 3.76, 333.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% 0.0095 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.01 335.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.8103, 49.0317, 55.0796)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8BD #B8BFBA

analogous

#BDB8BF #BFB8BD #BFB8B9

triadic

#BFB8BD #BDBFB8 #B8BDBF

tetradic

#BFB8BD #BFBDB8 #B8BFBA #B8B9BF

square

#BFB8BD #BFBDB8 #B8BFBA #B8B9BF

split-complementary

#BFB8BD #B9BFB8 #B8BFBD

monochromatic

#857881 #A2989F #BFB8BD #DCD8DB #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFB8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BFB8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8BD

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8BD	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.010 335.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cdd0',
    500: '#bfb8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8bd;
$custom-light: #d2cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 317.143,
    "s": 5.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78981,
    "c": 0.01046,
    "h": 335.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8BD

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8F6756

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8BD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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